CALL OF DUTY

Sales for Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) latest “Call of Duty” game dropped 14 percent from their position in 2011 with "Modern Warfare 3," a decline in sales that occurred despite "Black Ops 2" reaching $1 billion in sales faster than any previous installment in the franchise.

Video game sales dipped 11 percent for the month of the November from the same period in 2011, a new report from NPD states.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) netted $1 billion in sales of its new video game, "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," in just 15 days, a day faster than its predecessor, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3."

Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has signed two of the stars of AMC’s popular television series “The Walking Dead,” Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker, for its upcoming shooter, “The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.”

Sales of Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” topped $500 million in just 24 hours on the market, breathing life into a flagging console marketplace.

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified is being called an "embarrassment."

Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) finally released “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," its most important game of the 2012 holiday season, on Tuesday at midnight. But does the game live up to its impossible critical hype and enormous commercial expectations?

The release date for 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' has finally arrived, but some PC players have found unexpected code for "Mass Effect 2" on what should be the second "Black Ops 2" disc.

Amazon named “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” the most preordered game in the company’s history, although those numbers don’t reflect the illegal copies of the game that have leaked onto the Internet and will almost certainly be readily available on torrent websites in the coming days.

"Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" is just hours away from its release date, and Treyarch has just announced that Season Pass Holders will also get the Nuketown Zombies map for free.

As Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) prepares to launch “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” gamers are expecting to skip school and work to play the game expected to break industry records set by its immediate predecessor "Modern Warfare 3."

If a recent comment of Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick is to be believed, there could be only one new console to be released next year - Xbox 720 Or PlayStation 4.

The “Call of Duty” series has made a strong name for itself in the gaming world by not only seemingly conquering the online gaming scene but by adding something else gamers love into the mix: zombies.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is partnering with YouTube to allow users to live-stream multiplayer matches of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2."

Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is expected to post strong profit in the third quarter thanks to a resurgence in the "World of Warcraft" user base and strong expectations for its "Skylanders" and "Call of Duty" franchises.

Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI) has announced plans to develop its own first-party social networks built around video games.

Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) is turning its “Call of Duty Elite” service into a free counterpart to the boxed copy of the game, instead hoping to further monetize users through downloadable content.

When it comes to “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,” Treyarch hasn’t been shy about revealing information concerning gameplay and multiplayer maps. But it wasn’t until recently that players learned more about the game’s Zombie Mode, one of the most highly-anticipated aspects of the acclaimed military shooter.

Capcom, who has been facing tumbling revenue over the past few quarters, has come up with a plan to turn things around. These plans include smaller development teams and shorter development schedules.

Eurogamer details the contents of Treyarch’s upcoming “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” special editions, currently available for pre-order at various retail outlets.

Fans have been waiting for more information on the Zombie Mode for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” and it seems that Treyarch is finally getting ready to make some more announcements. The developer has begun teasing fans on what’s to come in this zombie-shooter portion of the widely successful military shooter franchise.